Philip Florinus of Pfalz-Sulzbach (
Sulzbach, 20 January 1630 –
Nürnberg
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, 4 April 1703) was an imperial field marshal.
Life
Philip was the youngest son of
Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach
Augustus (german: August von Pfalz-Sulzbach; 2 October 1582 – 14 August 1632) was Count Palatine of Sulzbach from 1614 until 1632.
Life
Augustus was born in Neuburg in 1582 as the second son of Philip Louis of Palatinate-Neuburg and Anna of ...
(1582–1632) and Hedwig of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf (1603–1657).
He began his military career in the army of the
Duchy of Lorraine. Then he joined the Swedish army and fought under King
Charles X Gustav of Sweden
Charles X Gustav, also Carl Gustav ( sv, Karl X Gustav; 8 November 1622 – 13 February 1660), was King of Sweden from 1654 until his death. He was the son of John Casimir, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Kleeburg and Catherine of Sweden. Afte ...
against Prussia, and later in the
Dano-Swedish War (1658–1660), where he lost the disastrous
Battle of Nyborg on
Fünen and had to save his own life by fleeing at night. After the death of the Swedish King, he went to Venice where he participated in the
Cretan War (1645–1669) against the Ottomans. But he left Venice again in 1662 after internal struggles and now entered in the service of the Habsburg Emperor. He played an important role as Field Marshal and overall commander of the Cavalry in the successful
Battle of Saint Gotthard (1664).
After this, he fought for France, again Sweden and finally for Bavaria, where he died in 1703.
References
Literature
* August B. Michaelis, Julius Wilhelm Hamberge:
Einleitung zu einer vollständigen Geschichte der Chur- und Fürstlichen Häuser, Bd. 2'. Buchhandlung Meyer, Lemgo 1760, S. 121.
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1630 births
1703 deaths
Philip Florinus
Counts Palatine of the Holy Roman Empire
Field marshals of the Holy Roman Empire
People of the Austro-Turkish War (1663–64)
Swedish military personnel
Sons of monarchs
Military personnel from Bavaria